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Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my favorite games of all time. It was unplayable on console, and a buggy mess on release (even on PC), but some of the acting and stor

Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my favorite games of all time. It was unplayable on console, and a buggy mess on release (even on PC), but some of the acting and story telling in the game is really something else. I've been playing games for 30 years and nothing has really come close in terms of voice acting. Judy, V (both male & female VO's are great, but I prefer the female one), Keanu Reeves does his best work, and is totally at home in a melodramatic setting, all the smaller characters have proper voice actors that are more than just an after thought. The story is interesting, there are limited, but real choices along the way, along with a plethora of non-impactful decisions, that merely change how your character interacts with the world. The world itself feels great, the architecture of the city feels real, and it's the first game that I've played that explored the vertical aspects of a city, though they definitely could've done more. The action aspects are a little limited, surface level stuff. It's such a shame that the game wasn't given the same scope it has right now, but another year or two for polish (pun unintended...) and I think the systems in the game could be fleshed out and be much more fun. For anyone that has moderately decent hardware, I highly recommend a play through. EDIT: forgot about the music. Might be the best soundtrack of anything ever. Movie/TV/Game/Other.

gnrlst 5y ago
While it's not one of my fav game of all time, I have to say it was a great opportunity for me to try Stadia. I preordered the game and it came with a 1 month pro subscription, a controller and a chromecast all included for free, and I enjoyed smooth bug-free play from launch day (I have a gigabit connection so felt native). Highly recommend! Full disclosure, I haven't played in a while because the game selection is limited. I just want to play "quadruple A" titles like Last of Us 2 and RDD2.
BingoAhoy 5y ago
I feel similarly. The art is amazing and really sucks you. But that perhaps is it's downfall, overfocus on aesthetics and creativity rather than gameplay. David Jaffe the creator of God of War mentioned that the lead developers of the game were creative people rather than people that have the qualities of finishing things up. Forget his exact words, but that was the gist of it.
- Sholmesy 5y ago
  Makes sense, the game is 10/10 on all counts w.r.t art (architecture, music, character design, story, modelling), but relatively poor in terms of the 'business logic' of the game (the systems for gunplay/stealth/police/levelling etc are all average/poor). Still fun though.
zpeti 5y ago
I agree. When I first heard the story was about rock star turned terrorist I thought what the hell, that makes no sense, but the story really does work and the characters are completely believable. From a psychological perspective I found Johnny silverhand fascinating, there is something about an insane self confident rock star that you can imagine leading a cult terrorist organisation in another life. I found myself thinking someone like Steve Jobs might have been a terrorist in another life, that unshakeable self belief coupled with charisma, narcissism and actual skill is fascinating to me. And they made it work. I’ve not played a game with that depth before. Possibly second favorite game to the original deus ex.

gnrlst 5y ago

While it's not one of my fav game of all time, I have to say it was a great opportunity for me to try Stadia. I preordered the game and it came with a 1 month pro subscription, a controller and a chromecast all included for free, and I enjoyed smooth bug-free play from launch day (I have a gigabit connection so felt native). Highly recommend! Full disclosure, I haven't played in a while because the game selection is limited. I just want to play "quadruple A" titles like Last of Us 2 and RDD2.

BingoAhoy 5y ago

I feel similarly. The art is amazing and really sucks you. But that perhaps is it's downfall, overfocus on aesthetics and creativity rather than gameplay. David Jaffe the creator of God of War mentioned that the lead developers of the game were creative people rather than people that have the qualities of finishing things up. Forget his exact words, but that was the gist of it.

Sholmesy 5y ago
Makes sense, the game is 10/10 on all counts w.r.t art (architecture, music, character design, story, modelling), but relatively poor in terms of the 'business logic' of the game (the systems for gunplay/stealth/police/levelling etc are all average/poor). Still fun though.

zpeti 5y ago

I agree. When I first heard the story was about rock star turned terrorist I thought what the hell, that makes no sense, but the story really does work and the characters are completely believable. From a psychological perspective I found Johnny silverhand fascinating, there is something about an insane self confident rock star that you can imagine leading a cult terrorist organisation in another life. I found myself thinking someone like Steve Jobs might have been a terrorist in another life, that unshakeable self belief coupled with charisma, narcissism and actual skill is fascinating to me. And they made it work. I’ve not played a game with that depth before. Possibly second favorite game to the original deus ex.